Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Epitaphs From the Old Burying-Ground in Cambridge: With Notes
In the burying-ground there are several monuments, consisting of a horizontal slab of hard stone, resting upon a foundation of brick or slate. In the upper sur faces of these slabs, are cavities, of various shapes, designed to admit a softer stone, or, perhaps, a leaden tablet, bearing an inscription. Either by the ravages of time, or by some sacrilegious hand, these tablets have been removed, and thus no memorial is left of those whose ashes rest beneath. In several places the foun dations of monuments have been found, sunk beneath the surface of the soil.
It is rather surprising, that, in this age of improve ment, Cambridge should fall behind her neighbours, and suffer her ancient grave-yard to lie neglected. Interest ing as it is from containing within its limits the tombs of the prophets, the spot is often visited by the curious stranger; but it is to be feared that he as often leaves it with feelings of regret at its desolate appearance.
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